Cosmic Day

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Cosmic Day

from the album Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 6 August 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition pre-release download Album(s): Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Cosmic Day is a song recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California on 15 November 1986 (ten days after Prince had completed the Camille album and shortly before he began to compile the Crystal Ball album). It was released in 2020 on the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition set, and was made available seven weeks beforehand as the album’s third pre-release download. The song is recorded with the sped up Camille voice, and while this is unconfirmed, it’s possible the song was initially considered for Crystal Ball, but never made it on a configuration, because a week later Prince recorded Play In The Sunshine, which has a similar feel, and perhaps works better on the collection of songs that ultimately became Sign O’ The Times It was sent to Clare Fischer for an orchestral treatment in early December 1986, after the Crystal Ball 3LP was already pared down to Sign O’ The Times and finalized, indicating that at that point Prince no longer considered it for inclusion. The standalone Fischer orchestration was later re-used to create Intermission. The early version of the song (without Clare Fischer’ arrangement) was released in September 2020 as the third track of Vault Tracks part 3, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 15 November 1986 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Basic tracking 5 December 1986 Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA Orchestral overdubs by Clare Fischer’s orchestra Recording Personnel Released version Prince - all vocals and instruments Coke Johnson - engineer Susan Rogers - engineer Unreleased version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Clare Fischer orchestra Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Cosmic Day 5:39 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Studio Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Intermission n/a n/a Studio There have been no audio-only releases of this track. Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Cosmic Day Studio with Clare Fischer arrangement

Additional Information See also Trivia Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition album References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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